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Cooked food is not sold for goats.
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As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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A bad cook also has his/her share of the bad food.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
African Proverbs

One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of the food with others.
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Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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A friend is someone you share the path with.
African Proverbs

A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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